CCS Global Tech is a rapidly growing Information Technology company with a diverse portfolio of technology products and services and a large network of industry partnerships. With over 22 years of being a successful business with a global talent pool and presence, CCS is a certified Microsoft Gold Partner and specializes in delivering expert Microsoft based solutions for technical and business needs. We have been recognized by Inc. 500 Magazine as one of the fastest growing small companies in the Unites States.
we are a Tier 1 vendor for the City and County of San Francisco for Cloud Services, Staffing Services and Training Services. For this multi-year opportunity with a diverse set of needs to address, we are currently focusing on establishing partnerships with individuals as well as companies who can help us enhance our overall service portfolio, cut lead times, and ultimately help us deliver successfully. We currently hold sizable Government accounts in the San Francisco bay area including City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County.
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Position Name: Agile Scrum Master
Location: Remote (10% travel Every 12 Weeks)
Clearance: Active Secret
Salary Range: $90K -$185K (Depending upon experience)
Job Description
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master with strong Agile and SAFe delivery skills. The desired candidate will coach multiple agile teams and use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with stakeholders including customer Product Owners. The candidate will work closely with the release train engineer, and other ART resourceas to ensure planning, development, testing, and deployment of solutions are performed successfully in an Agile environment.
Responsibilities:
- Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework (SAFe)
- Facilitate team breakouts to plan work and create PI objectives during PI Planning
- Facilitate planning and execution of work during a Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
- Facilitate backlog refinement by collaborating with the product owners and business analysts
- Track and remove impediments to improve agile team's efficiency and effectiveness; reaching out to the larger organizational network for impediment removal; ensuring cross-team coordination
- Maintain relevant metrics to understand how well the team is doing and identify areas of improvement
- Perform capacity planning to help teams plan iterations and increments
- Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure consistency across teams
- Liaison with architects, cyber security SMEs, and other stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines
- Manage product releases and dependencies between teams and third parties or between assigned teams and other Scrum teams
- Support development of product roadmaps
- Coach the team to continuously improve and become a high performing team
- Develop new processes and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity
- Strengthen the presence of the team within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization's Agile Community
- Ensure appropriate staffing for assigned Epics and Features
- Schedule and allocate work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and business objectives
- Ensure product quality and timeliness of efforts.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active Secret Clearance
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and seven years of related experience
- Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master with significant experience coaching Scrum teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three (3) years' experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile approach
- Understanding of all elements of software development including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management
- Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter
Desired:
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner, or any other Scaled Agile Certification
- Experience with continuous deployment models
- Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas
